ESG

Fintech provider Tumelo has partnered with Sipp provider Penfold to launch a new service that allows savers to see in more detail where their pension is invested. This ‘Have Your Say Dashboard’...

 As climate change risk management beds in to the UK legislative agenda, pension funds are under pressure to make important decisions on how to incorporate it into their strategies. This has been at...

Across much of the pensions industry, member engagement is verging on non-existent. Trustees and employers are investing in high-quality communication exercises, but it is an uphill battle. The “why” behind this effort...

HRH Prince Charles has called for “real action” from the pensions and investment industry on tackling the “existential threats of climate change and biodiversity loss”.  His call to action was made at...

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association is seeking views on the introduction of a new Responsible Investment Quality Mark (RIQM). The kitemark would be awarded to pension schemes meeting the highest standards...

Barnett Waddingham will be net carbon neutral for 2021, having made a significant reduction to carbon emissions across its business. The consultancy says it will also integrate net zero into its advisory...

Employee benefits consultancy Amba has secured an funding to enable it to grow and roll-out its ESG-focused benefits platform, Lumina. Amba, formerly PES, has secured an ongoing funding facility through finance provider...

More than eight out of 10 advisers said there were significant barriers to integrating ESG (environment, social and governance) factors into their proposition, according to recent research. Over the past year there...

ESG has soared in importance to become a ‘high’ agenda item for more than half of trustee boards (53 per cent) since the Department of Work and Pensions consultation on climate risks...

Phoenix Group has become the first UK insurer to join the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF),  a global partnership of financial institutions developing a harmonised approach to assessing and disclosing greenhouse...